Book Artist – Dunedin
Lynn is joining with Julz Coffey and tracy sullivan in ‘the Poetics of Place’ scheduled for the gallery from 10th Nov – 21st Dec 2026
Here is her updated CV
Dunedin artist, Lynn Taylor (Dip Tch, BEd, BFA, MFA dist.), focuses on place, nautical and historically themed artwork through mapping memory across multiple mediums with the aim of evoking narratives. Applying techniques from one field of practice to another ruptures the predictability of results and invites materials in as active collaborators, creating reciprocal back-and-forth process. Dialogue between ideas and materiality are underlined with her ‘printmaker’s sensibility’, specifically an appreciation of surface, tactility, repetition, transfer, textures, shadows and light.
Teaching and facilitating workshops in the community forms a dual career path to her studio research. She has a long history of mentoring, teaching at the Schol of Art and Architectural Studies (Otago Polytechnic) and facilitating many community workshops. Part of the Collective Sandpit her praxis revolves around SciArt collaborative projects with attention to how audiences and groups from different sectors can be involved in art experiences and contribute to exhibitions.
Taylor’s work is held in numerous collections, and her work is frequently represented in local fundraising and charity auctions. Many exhibitions, national and international residencies, scholarships, grants and awards have supported her career.
The Beach – Paper, Books and Baskets.
22nd December 2022 – 30th January 2023. Invitational Collection of works from 8 artists.
For the collection The Beach – Paper, Books & Baskets, Lynn has created two stunning sets of artist books. These are in two different sizes and are limited editions. They feature a wonderous collection of found and created papers bound in map covered boards. They are specific to Taranaki and Opunake in particular with historic maps and diagrams that are a record of our landscape and our history. these are interwoven with beautiful printed, dyed, stencilled, cutout papers etc, etc. A true book for memories of a holiday here at The beach.
Dunedin artist Lynn Taylor (Dip Tch, BEd, BFA, MFA) is known for nautical and historically themed work with focus on mapping, memory and the poetics of place which transcribe into creating layered prints, surfaces and books. Lynn approaches her art practice with a variety of research methodologies and a ‘printmaker’s sensibility’, which includes discovering links between ideas and materiality, integrating different mediums and responding to unexpected results.
Teaching/ arts facilitation forms a dual career path; from work in the Textiles and Printmaking Departments at the School of Art – Te Pūkenga, to undertaking contracts far and wide with art groups, communities and institutions. In recent years she has worked with the Sandpit Collective as a Sci Art researcher, facilitating workshops where art is used as a platform to raise awareness about specific conservation challenges and act as an agent for change. She regularly undertakes invited funded artist residencies nationally and internationally including Otakou Press, Woosuk University and Newfoundland (2019), Quarantine Island (2020).
International exhibitions include showing in Australia, Japan, Korea, Argentina, Finland, Sweden, Scotland and America and she enjoys an ongoing connection with Scotland from The Westland Project and Sweden with Paradise Lost. Her work is frequently commissioned, held in both public and private collections and has received several scholarships and awards, the most recent being an Otago Polytechnic Distinguished Alumni Award. She enjoys being part of our national printmaking community through her Aotearoa NZ Print Council membership.
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